January 23, 2025 at 3:21 pm

Her Nephew Broke One Of Her Collectible Figures, So She Locked Up The Collections In A Glass Display Case

by Jayne Elliott

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There is a difference between a toy and a collectible figure.

Toys are built tougher and meant to be played with.

Collectibles are often more fragile which means they can break easily if they’re played with like toys.

In today’s story, one woman’s sister doesn’t seem to understand the difference and thinks her son should be able to play with collectible figures.

Let’s see how the drama escalates.

AITA: Buying a glass case for my figures to prevent nephew from ruining them.

I (25F) and my husband (25M) are big gamers and collectors.

We have an entire room in our house dedicated to having a shared space to play games.

On the end wall we have a shelf where we keep our game figures we like to collect, figures like old Skylanders and Disney Infinity figures.

We are currently working on completing both of these sets.

The collectible figures are not toys.

My sister who we’ll call “Jane” (23F) and her son/my nephew who we can call “Tommy” (6F) live two states over.

Which means when they come to visit they have to stay with my husband and I.

I repeatedly tell Jane and Tommy that the figures in the game room are not to be touched as they are collectibles in the works.

Jane brushed this off and let Tommy play with these figures against my request.

Her husband is a true hero!

It wasn’t until Tommy broke the head off of my Violet from “The Incredibles” figure due to her neck being very thin compared to the size of her head, that Jane had finally scolded Tommy for touching my figures.

This upset me so much I had to lock myself in my bedroom to cool off.

All is well, as my husband surprised me with a new one for my birthday the month following.

This sounds like a great way to display the collections.

Once they headed back home from my house after Thanksgiving, I decided I needed to take the extra step if my wishes could not be followed.

I went on amazon and bought a large glass display case with a lock on the doors, like a trophy case you would see in a school.

I neatly arranged the Skylanders, Disney Infinity figures, and Amilbos all on their own shelves.

Tommy is not happy.

Since it is around Christmas time, my sister has once again come to stay in home with my nephew.

It was to his very unpleasant surprise when he entered our game room to see this newly locked display case.

He begged me to open it so he can play with the figures.

And I repeatedly told him about all of the other games he could play.

Jane turned their mom against him.

Jane says l’ve gone too far purchasing a large display case for my “toys” so I can, as she puts it, “lock up the one thing Tommy enjoys playing with when he visits.”

She also has our mother on her side, calling me to tell me to stop “bullying my nephew.”

AITA?

Jane clearly needs to pack some of Tommy’s toys to bring with them the next time they visit.

They did the right thing by locking up her collections.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

Boundaries and bullying are not the same thing.

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Tommy sounds spoiled.

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This is funny but not a bad idea.

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I agree with this reader’s idea.

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Here’s the perspective of a mom.

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It’s time for the sister to stay at a hotel.

This is pretty ridiculous!

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.